Keema, Matar, Aloo: Minced Meat with Peas and Potatoes

Keema, Matar, Aloo: Minced Meat with Peas and Potatoes

    This is another popular Indian recipe. Minced meat is cooked in a spiced and fragrant sauce along with the fresh green peas.   Summer holidays are here! I have been waiting for what seems like months for this time of no rush, no alarm clocks, 

Bengali Cholar Dal: Lentils with Coconut and Spices

Bengali Cholar Dal: Lentils with Coconut and Spices

    This is a very traditional Bengali recipe – simmered lentils with little bites of coconut, a hint of sweet and  redolent of spices. And there is no other way to have a bowlful but with Luchi or Kochuri/Kachori. But that is only with 

Fennel Flavored Chicken Curry

Fennel Flavored Chicken Curry

    Yet another Chicken Curry. This time the usual one, but redolent with the aroma of fennel. The tiny fennel seeds waved the wands and transformed an everyday chicken curry to something quite fascinating. As I write this post, the air in my home 

Black-Eyed Peas with Roasted Tomato Sauce

Black-Eyed Peas with Roasted Tomato Sauce

    This warm and fragrant pot of legume was our weeknight meal; quite flavorful, and also easy to make.  

Shorshe Murgi: Chicken Cooked in a Zesty Mustard Sauce

Shorshe Murgi: Chicken Cooked in a Zesty Mustard Sauce

      Shorshe Murgi is a chicken curry with bold Bengali flavors. Aroma of hot green chili peppers, freshly ground mustard and mustard oil intensely speak of  Bengali cuisine and this chicken curry has all of them simmering in the post.